CNETJapan works to launch self-driving car system by 2020CNETJapan is pushing to test a self-driving car system on public roads this fiscal year. The plan was revealed at a government strategic review chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday, Reu…

The Straits TimesJapan’s vaunted disaster alert system runs up against limitsThe Straits TimesIt was not the first false alarm for the system, a major component of Japan’s J-Alert launched with great fanfare in 2007 as a way to save lives in a country constantly under threat of earthquakes and – more recently – North Korean missiles. Several …and more »